Chapter 554 Trip to Detroit

"APLUS, look this way."

"ALPUS, thank you for reading this."

"Here, APLUS."

A week later, Song Ya appeared at the opening ceremony of Dow's new fluorescent stick products factory in Michigan, showing his thumbs up, "Smile, APLUS." He grinned, showing his white teeth.

"Mr. Vice President, can you come closer?"

"Okay, let's go together." The vice president of Dow in the center opened his arms kindly, and put his arms around Song Ya and other employees who were giving thumbs up.

"Your engagement ceremony? Haha, I'll take my family with me."

After finishing the publicity mission, the vice president took the helmet handed over by his subordinates, and put it on together with Song Ya, and the group walked to the factory area behind them, "Let me show you around here first."

Dow finally eliminated the hidden dangers, or reached a compromise with its opponents. Song Ya didn’t know how they did it and what the specific conditions were, but in the end Dow failed to achieve its goal of monopolizing the civilian market, and only excluded some Similar products using old compounds are only used. In the fluorescent stick market, they will still face competition from Benji and other large local companies in the United States.

Perhaps this result made them feel a little lacking in confidence. After all, American companies and notebooks competed in the same dimension. It was rebuilt from an old factory, not far from downtown Detroit, just off Interstate 75 on the west bank of the Detroit River.

However, the vice president is still in good spirits. He is very satisfied with Song Ya's endorsement work, so this meeting was very affectionate.

"This is the production workshop..." He personally introduced to Song Ya. The reporters just now were stopped outside the factory gate, and only two employees from the factory's propaganda department carried cameras to follow.

There are new and old equipment in the workshop, and the workers have already started working. A group of people looked around at the door of the workshop for a while and then retreated. Someone handed the light stick products that had started mass production to Song Ya, and he played with them. After a while, he praised and marveled at the camera with colorful luminous objects, and performed enough drama.

"This is the laboratory..."

After completing the publicity task, everyone continued to walk in the factory and stopped near a construction site, "There will be a new production line here, using newer technology and better equipment, which can reduce the cost by half again. It will be completed next year ?"

Standing on a small slope formed by piled up earthworks, the vice president asked the former general manager of Bahn Company and the current general manager of Dow's fluorescent department in high spirits.

"It should be possible." The other party gave an affirmative answer.

"What do you think? APLUS?" the vice president asked Song Ya again.

"A very good job..." Song Ya complimented, he knew in his heart that the target of the other party's words was not himself, but the camera.

"You continue to visit and visit, I have something to deal with." The vice president finished the task, found an excuse and left, and the camera continued to follow him, leaving the former general manager of Bahn Company to accompany Song Ya.

"Shall we continue? There's a mold workshop up ahead."

Without the camera and the boss, everyone let go a lot. The former general manager of Bahn Company asked Song Ya with a smile.

"What's the matter here? I think most of the factory buildings are already dilapidated."

Song Ya was much more relaxed in front of this former subordinate, and asked casually.

"It's okay, the annual output is not as good as expected, but...it's okay."

But since he was already a subordinate of the former, the other party didn't reveal much, just hemmed and hawed while leading the way with a wry smile.

There are many forging machines in the mold workshop, and they are very noisy, "Let's go out and talk." Song Ya saw that the workers were using headphones, which should be for hearing protection, and she had nothing, so Don't want to visit anymore, turn around and exit.

"Yo..."

Just as he was about to leave, someone behind him called him, "APLUS!"

"Hey! Stay away from him!" The accompanying bodyguard immediately prevented the man from suddenly putting down his work,

Young worker trying to approach.

"Everyone calls me Manix, maybe you can listen to my rap..."

This guy who looks like a pure-bred white guy is shouting outside the human wall, but with a black accent, his voice is very distinctive, and it can still penetrate in a noisy factory building. It's a bit like Big E's crisp voice, and his appearance is also... ...It's not bad, it has the temperament of a street boy.

This kind of unnamed rapper Song Ya who seized the opportunity and tried to perform in front of him has met too many times, and he doesn't care about it, let alone waste time listening. It is too difficult for white people to mix in the rap circle. Fergie has already offended a lot of people, and if she praises a white male rapper, she will definitely be scolded by the whole industry.

"Uh, is the machine okay like this?"

Besides, he didn't think about it too much, his attention was completely attracted by the forging machine behind the other party. In order to perform in front of him, this kid didn't even turn off the machine. The old forging machine made a very harsh noise Voice, he ignored the other party, turned to ask the former general manager of Bain Company beside him.

"Take care of your people!"

The former general manager of Bahn Company was a little shameless, and he yelled at the head of the workshop who accompanied the visit behind him, "Let's go, let's go, get out of here." He hurriedly protected Song Ya and left the workshop.

I don't know how the head of the workshop will punish that guy, so Song Ya didn't bother to care, "I won't visit, this thing is a bit hot to wear." It's June, and the temperature in Detroit is not low. He took off his helmet and was hugged by front and back leave the factory.

It seems that the prospect of Dow's dream of light sticks is a bit bad. The reflection is that the stock price has fallen back to the range of about 20 from the high point at the beginning of the year. It is too early to lift the ban on the two million shares in his hand. I want to do my part with peace of mind and get enough of the annual endorsement fee.

Among the more than 80 million stock investments, Apple and Dow, which accounted for the major shares, were all half-dead, and the game company EA fell miserably. Fortunately, stocks such as Microsoft, Cisco, Nokia, and Innovation were soaring, and they still made money in 1994.

"Hello, Mr. Harrell..."

While coming to Detroit, he also ran to the old headquarters of Motown Records, a company that played an important role in the history of black music, which had just been acquired by PolyGram, and behind them stood the multinational giant Philips. They bought it for 50 million Half of DefJam's equity could not satisfy the appetite at all, and spent another 330 million to win Motown Records, which owns the most popular boy group BoyzIIman.

But now the main location of Motown Records is Los Angeles. There are only a few recording studios in operation here in Detroit. Of course, there is this very commemorative old headquarters. The new president Harrell is also there, so I made an appointment to come and chat.

Harrell was the former president of Uptown Records. If he hadn’t repeatedly refused to return to Uptown Records, Puff Daddy might not have taken the risk to touch Little Lowry, and many of the things that followed would not have happened. I had some entanglements with myself indirectly.

"APLUS, welcome."

Now that Uptown Records is over, Mary Blige and Jodeci switched to the parent company MCA, Puff Daddy led other young singers to form Bad Boys Records, this guy also turned around in time, jumped to Polygram, and got Motown Records as the head position.

"How's it going? I see you've been promoting movies."

Another black record industry executive whose behavior is more white-minded. He has always hated bragging daddies who are involved with black people. He would rather delay the release of his singer's album. The disintegration of City Records.

"Yes, I'm mainly busy with this..."

The two have no friendship, because of the Harlem nightclub incident, Harrell's impression of himself is probably average, and after a few polite words to each other, Song Ya put forward his main purpose, inviting the other party to the engagement ceremony, it is best to pull some flags Singers come over, like ex-DIVA Diana Ross.

"I'm not going, I'm going back to New York to work on other business, I heard that Boyz IIman will go, right?"

Like Russell Simmons, Harrell used his influence in the music industry to make a lot of investments in the fashion industry. He declined the invitation, "But I can ask other Motown singers for you."

"Okay, but thanks anyway."

There is no way, Mariah Carey must make the engagement ceremony very grand, he can only try to invite big names in the music circle to be there.

"You know why East and West Coast hip-hop hasn't been doing well lately, right?"

Harrell asked suddenly.

"Puff Daddy and Suge Knight?"

After Su Ge Knight helped Mary Blige get rid of Puff Daddy, the cooperation between the two parties fell through. They began to diss each other immediately after the Hip-Hop Music Awards in April. In just over a month, it spread quickly. Small and medium-sized gangster singers They caught each other and fought each other one after another, and there was a stance that conflicts were imminent. According to this trend, it is not far from the end of the big-name singers in person.

"Yeah, that Puff Daddy guy is always using his gang background to get things going."

Harrell began to scold Puff Daddy with deep hatred,

This guy is used to being superior, and Song Ya feels that he hasn't understood Puff Daddy by himself. For example, it is impossible for him to hope that Puff Dad and Su Ge Knight will fight to death directly. In a dangerous situation, except for the time when he was beaten up in the street by the stunned young Lowry who just came out of Chicago with a silencer, he really couldn't get over his face.

And now little Lowry is much worse than him.

"Your Midwest won't be involved?" Harrell asked after scolding.

"Me? Hehe, this kind of shit on the east and west coasts has nothing to do with me." Song Ya laughed.

"Very well, we have promoted some relationships recently. The commander-in-chief may publicly express his dissatisfaction with the social chaos led by gangster rap trash. You are the light of black people, don't get involved." Harrell said.